Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, all I have with me is my USB flashdrive. I was hoping to just find the driver for the USB somewhere and direct the installer to that. Otherwise, do you know if there's a way to make my flashdrive look like it's a harddrive?

Ah, thank goodness, someone with the same problem as me. I think I have the same netbook too (D255 with N550?). I'm going to try formatting the USB key as NTFS to see if that gets around it, will report back.

EDIT: Ah, no good. NTFS and an actual USB HDD still left windows asking for CD/DVD drivers. Think I'll stick with my perfectly functioning netbook for the time being.